Railway-tie plate.



C. W. JENNINGS, DEGD.

L. M. JENNINGS, ADMINISTRATRIX.

RAILWAY TIE PLATE.

' APPLIGATION HLBD Mus, 1909.

Patented Aug 31, 1909.

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[der ,the rails and spliee CHARLES WYCKOFF JENNINGS, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY; ILAN HAY JENNINGS ADIHNSTRA- TRIX F SAID CHARLES WYCKOFF JENNINGS, DEQEASED.

RAILWAY-TIE PLATE.

Specification of Letters'Patent. Appncauon sied' may a, 1909. serial N9. 493,492.

. Patented Aug. si, i909.A

To nl! whom if. 1n ay concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES llfronorr .lnx r; mns, a citizen of the United States,'re siding' at Cani-den, in the county ol' Camden and State ot New Jersey, have invented een tain new and nse'lnl lin proveniente in Rail way-Tie Plates, of which the following' isa speri tieation.

-Trly invention is an iniproved railway tieplate ot simple and etlieient construetion designed to prolong' the lilel ot a railroad tio.y .or sleeper, and to support and maintain the rail in its proper position.

rlhis tie-plate ean he readily and eeonom- 't ieally used on ties under the rails1 either as an intermediate tie-plate (that is a tie-plate under the rail at points between the ends ot a rail and outside ot the splice hars) or a joint tie-plate (which is-a tie-plate used unhars at the ends of tw abutting; rails) and also. as a bridge. or trestle tie-plate. where it is necessary to seein-e they plate to .the tie and splice hars in snrh a manner as toallow tor the niovinpj or ereepine' ot rail and splice liars lornIitndinally, in order to avoid any tendeney to nieve or split the ixed ties.

The holesor spikes in the plate are so arranged as to suit the bases ot' rails having.

various widths, and four spike holesin this improved plate are sntlicient to secure the.

tie-plate in any one, orall three positions as hereinafter deserilied.y and also afford Aan ind ependent fastening' ot' the plate to the tie which will prevent -the plate troni heeoniing; loose and rattling'. i

',lhis improved tie-plate is constructed with parallel Hangt-s on its opposite laees and near its opposite ends.- Une, ot these flanges forms a shoulder against whieh the ont-e1' hase ot' the rail alnits when Ithe plate is used as .an vintermedi-ate tie-plate; or against which the-outside edge of the splice har aliuts when the plate is used as a ljoint` tieplate,'or a bridge', or trastie, tie-plate. This shoulder relieves lateral tlu'ustagainst the vspi-ke and the shearing of spike heads;

The angeon. the opposite 'side from the shoulder is a' rihadapted to he embedded inV the tie. which eonnteraets lateral thrust and s p rer d inte'.

.bury in the tie.

hold the. rails to and prevent' ot' reference designate like and eorrespond-v ingr parts in the several vie-ws. Figure l represents a top view ot the t1eplate showing the position of spike holes a Y) (.5 l] with reference to ril) i' and shoulder Fig'. 2 is an edge view of the tie-plate, showing the form and arrangement of rib fr and shoulder l? 3 is an edge View of the tieplate from one end, showing the interrupted rih 1' and shoulder s 'as out away at the spike. holes. Figs. fl, 5 and 6 are views taken end-v wise the rail, showing' in' Fig'. l the applicationot' niy plate as an intei'n'iediate tie-plate,

'and in Fig'. 5 as a joint tieplate,and in F G as a bridge or trestle tie-plate and Fig. 7 is v a. top plan view on a smaller scale showing at the .three ties the three applications rep resented in Figs. 4f, @Sand 6 respectively.

ln the drawing A represents the plate. having on its opposite faces and near its oppositeends integral flanges 1" and s,wl iose faces next the middle of the plate are at right. angles 'tothe plane of the plate and whose other sides are inclined to a'sharp edge. These flanges form alternately va `8D shoulder for the base ofthe rail anda rih to There are two. pairs of spike holes through` this plate. One.' pair a c o'lWhieh area. distance apart equal to the width .of the rail hase,` and the vother pair 7 rl, of which are a distance apart equal to l the width of the rail base plus lthe width ol' the two spliee har "Of the inner pair olf holes one oil; them c, intersects 'and ents away the flanges While the other one a .en- 9o tii'ely inside ot Athe other iiane'e 1'. Ot the otherpair of spike holes, d intersects and ents away the tlange 7', while is entirely outside/ot theotherflanges. 1

Fig'. 4 shows an end elevation ot a. "ail and 9 the, tie plate when usedl an intermediate plate in service, the outer hase `of therail abutting' against shoulder .Si ofthe tie-plate wnieh receives the lateral-thrust and spikes i al' and -ffl holding the railfto the tie and .1C-O

plate. `Spike dlisdriven thereverso of spike aP-and. properly secures ythe plate to .the tie and 'forces rib 11 into thetiel Rib r the broken. eontfi'nnitryrot; rib' r1','due to the' spike hole (Zyprevents any longit-udinal m oving or ereepingof' theplate. When the plate is v4se secured vto `tie,. it will. give a U0 smooth and even bearing to the rail base simply necessary to'invert-th'e intermediate s lice bars so that the spikes vmay pass' t rough both. Shoulder s of the interme-` Adi'ate tie-plate willthen erform the-func-V 4plate A,and reverse ends.4 'Ilhe position of the spike holes a and. c-

the plate ismade to coincide'with slots t in the fianges of the 4 and1rib r o f the intermediatetie-plate w1 act as shoulder s.

tions of r1b ras describ in aforesaid' 'The -tie-plate is so constructed' that ribf/il ofV the intermediate tie-plate, when', plate is used as a joint'tie-plate will act as a 'shoulder against s lice bar and perform the same functions as oes shoulder s in' Fig. 4. Spike b1 is driven the reverse-of spike cl-and serves forms the same function as does spike 1:in

Fi 4. v Y l vgig. 6 re reseuts an end elevation ofia Iruil l I 'and splice ars showingthe late used at a vjoint on a bridge or trestle vw 1ere any move.

mentor tendency` to dislod ties is very much to beavoided. The 4'p ate is -applied to the ties in this situationexactly as the joint plate in F ig. 5., and spikes d1v .and b1 are used inholes d and b -in pla e of spikes a1 and '01. Spikes d1 and b1; n'gage the plice barsoutside of the Ispike notches t of e splice bars,'as seen on the right of Fig. 7, allowing the longitudinal movement of the splice bars and rail witliout'movingv the slots provided bars, because the creeping of .the rails andfixedties. Rib r engages the outside edge of one splice bar and receives the lateral thrust while shoulder s being embedded in tie, resists this thrust Iand holds the plate in place and prevents vthe spreading of the rail.l

.My invention prov-idesan improved tieplate with a new land additional use, that 'is as a joint tie-plate 'for bridges or ytrestles where the bridge ties are firmly fixed to the bridge structure, or in any case where iff-is` necessary that ties be immovable. vThat is'v to say on bridges, or trestles, my tie-plate' is a joint tie-plate which by reason of the novelarran ement and shape of shoulder and -rib inY reation to 'the spike holes allows the. 'splice bars and rail to move or 'cree along the top surface ofplate without the s i htest tendency tosplit or move thev ties, it eing bad practice tos ike ,1as is customary, in the or this purpose in splice -l`thefixed ties.

" the *break in its continuity effectually pre-` splic'bars in such casev dislodgos oli-'splits- 66 The novel arrangement and'shape of. rib rand shoulder va. prevents 'the' rail j from spreading b reason of the rib r receiving 't e lateral t rust of the outside edge of thef10 `splice and the shoulder s being embedded in:Y il t e tie.counteracts Vthe lateral thrust andj holds the rail to gage. Shoulder aalso, by' f reason of-being embedded in the tie,tand'b'y v 15 vents' any longitudinal movement of the plate. 'Spikes are protected in ever case/ by either rib 1' Aor shoulders, from the ateral thrust, when theV plate is usedeither as an in-.- 5.1'

plate. .My inventionis animproved -joint plate'v -with a'novel arran ement and shape. of shoulder and rib. Ri 7' holds the outer and -lo-wer edge of'splice bar and receives the '-lateral thrust, and the shoulder .s beneathv ithe plate and on the opposite sideo'fthe rail is embedded in the tie'and b its position andshape counteracts theten encyfof the rail. to spread' outward orforward. Spike .6" is an independent fastening of plate to tie, holding the plate-securely to the tie and 'pref venting it from becoming loose and 'causing'- an' undesirable rattle. i i The tie-plate has a novel arran ement of, spike holes in relation to the notc es of the s lice bars allowing the spikes to be driven through the notches in the lower flan es of the splice bars, engagin the lower anges' of the splice bars atan over'the edges of 10'0 rail flange and holding the railand splice bars securely tothe tie. i. My invention'is also an improved inter. mediate tief'plate with a novel arrangement of 'shoulder and rib. Shoulder s on top of' 10b the late holds the outer edge and receives` vthe ateral thrust, while therib r bQ'aneathv the plate and on the opposite side o f'th'e rail is embedded in the t-1e and by itsl `poi'aition and shape counteracts the tendency 0f lthel rail to spread outwardly and also revents the p late from movin longitudine ly with the creepin of the ral -Spike d is an independent fastening of the plate to the tie, land forces the rib 1' into the tie, thussecur-A in the plate firmly to the tie and prevents it rom becoming loose andcausing an undosirable rattle. The spikes ai? and Y'c1 are'. driven' so that the spike'heads directly .enage the base fiangeof the rail'and secure t e ,rail firmly to the tie-plate and 'tie` Y -In defining my invention with greaterv clear-ness', I would state that I am aware that it is not broadly new to Aprovide a reversible y tie' plate in which ribs or fianges arearranged 12;;

upon opposite faces of the plate, and near opposite ends, so that one such ribor flange lformsa shoulder bearingfor the ra'il base.'

termediate, joint, or bridge, or vtrestle tie- 8.0 I

nurv4 while the other rib`buriesin the wood of' il l) the tie. 1n my invention, however, l have provided two pairs of holes arranged in such relation to the ribs or flanges, and to each other, as to permit a single plate to be used for any one or all of three different applications; a'. e. for intermediate ties between the ends of a rail, also for joint ties at the abutting ends ot' two rails where the splice plates come and further for joint ties on a bridge 'or trestle where the ties are bolted to the substructure and are liable to be split by the longitudinal creeping or expansion and contraction of the rail, and which is prevented by my construction of tie plate, making it universal in its application.

l. A railway tie-plate having in its opposite 'Faces and near its opposite ends oppositely projecting' and parallel fianges, and having "also four spike holes through said plate arranged in two pairs, one pair having its holes `arranged on opposite sides of the middle line a distance apart equal to the rail base, one hole of said pair havin its inner edge in line with the inner face oi? one ot the flanges and the other spike hole orn this pair beingl entirely inside the iiange of the opposite side ol' the plate, and the two holes ot' the other eoacting pair being arranged a distance apart equal to the width of the rail hase plus the two splice plates, one of said holes having its inner face in line with the inner edge of one flange and the other hole of said paix", on the other side of the middle line, arranged entirely outside of the iange on the face opposite the irst named flange.'

A railway tie-plate having on its op osito faces and near its opposite ends para lel stop bearings for the rail and tie and a plurality of pairs of holes, one pair havin one of its holes through the line of one o' the stop bearings and the other hole inside the line of the other stop bearing, and the other pair of holes having one of its holes through the line of one of the sto bearings and the other of its holes-outsi e the line of the other stop bearing.

3. A railwa it to interme iate'ties, joint ties, and joint ties on bridges and trestlesl consisting of a plate with parallel shoulders on its opposite ends and faces and two pairs of spike holes through it, one pair being set apart a distance to receirevthe rail base with one hole in the line of a shoulder on one side and the other hole inside the shoulder on the other side, and the other pair of holes being wider apart with one hole in the line of the shoulder' on one side and the other hole outside the line of the shoulder on the other side.

tie-plate constructed to adapt ln testimony whereof affix my signature l two witnesses. l

CHARLES WYCKOFF JENNINGS.

in presence of Witnesses: l

Winnaar C. Hansen, Briton Game. 

